#E5E04B#E5E04B

#E5E04B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.164 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E04B
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -15.47, 70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 71.80, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0492 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.164 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2410, 70.4793, 17.0859)
Luminance	0.7048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E04B #4B50E5

analogous

#E5934B #E5E04B #9DE54B

triadic

#E5E04B #4BE5E0 #E04BE5

tetradic

#E5E04B #4BE593 #4B50E5 #E54B9D

square

#E5E04B #4BE593 #4B50E5 #E54B9D

split-complementary

#E5E04B #4B9DE5 #934BE5

monochromatic

#9F9A17 #D4CE1F #E5E04B #EDE980 #F4F2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#E5E04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E04B

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E04B	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.164 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e985',
    500: '#e5e04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e04b;
$custom-light: #f1e985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.052,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88461,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E04B

secondary

#3336A2

accent

#3CF136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E04B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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